The Government today announced a €7.4m investment in youth field sports, aimed at supporting grass-roots development in Gaelic games, rugby and soccer.
The GAA are to benefit to the tune of €2.4m and the funding has been earmarked for coach development, club support, under-age programmes, volunteer support programmes, community schemes, referee development and targeting at-risk communities.
"The investment supports the long-term sustainable development of the FAI, GAA and IRFU and contributes significantly to our communities in sport and the health and well-being of the nation," said Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Michael Ring.
Speaking at the announcement in Croke Park, John Treacy, CEO of the Irish Sports Council said: "The Irish Sports Council shares a common goal with the GAA, IRFU and FAI to increase participation in sport and physical activity.
"In 2014, the Irish Sports Council supported over 770,000 participants in various programmes across 4,656 clubs."
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